2019 Madrilenian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Assembly of Madrid was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Madrid, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Madrilenian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.


2019 Madrilenian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
Voting for the Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Community of Madrid and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Additionally, Madrilenians abroad were required to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado). All members of the Assembly of Madrid were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally. The Assembly was entitled to one member per each 50,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 25,000. As a result of the increased population in the region, the number of seats up for election increased from 129 to 132.


2019 Madrilenian regional election, Overview, Election date
The term of the Assembly of Madrid expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the Assembly were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 24 May 2015, setting the election date for the Assembly on Sunday, 26 May 2019.


2019 Madrilenian regional election, Overview, Election date
The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Assembly of Madrid and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution.


2019 Madrilenian regional election, Overview, Election date
In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.


2019 Madrilenian regional election, Background
On 21 March 2018, it transpired that President Cristina Cifuentes could have obtained a master's degree in the King Juan Carlos University through fraudulent means. What initially started off as a suspicion that she could have faked her CV, developed into a major scandal after a series of irregularities in the obtaining of the academic title were revealed, as well as the subsequent attempt from both the university and the regional government to cover up the scandal through document forgery.


2019 Madrilenian regional election, Background
Preliminary probing revealed evidence of possible criminal offenses that were subsequently put under investigation of the judiciary, questioning Cifuentes's continuity as regional premier. After the release of a 2011 video showing her being detained in a supermarket for shoplifting, Cifuentes resigned on 25 April 2018. She was succeeded by her deputy, Ángel Garrido, who was sworn into office on 21 May. Cifuentes's scandal joined many others in a long list of corruption cases beleaguering the ruling People's Party (PP) in Spain that ended up with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's downfall on 1 June through a vote of no confidence in the Congress of Deputies.


2019 Madrilenian regional election, Background
On 17 January 2019, Podemos suffered a major split after it was announced that Carmena and Íñigo Errejón, Podemos candidate for regional president and one of Podemos founders, had agreed to launch a joint platform to run at the regional election. Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias announced later that day that he no longer considered Errejón as the party's candidate in the region for placing himself "outside Podemos" by renouncing the party's trademark, and that Podemos and IU would contest the regional election on their own even if that meant to compete against Más Madrid and, therefore, against Errejón.


2019 Madrilenian regional election, Background
Podemos leaders also urged Errejón to resign his seat in the Congress of Deputies, considering his move as "deceitful" and "a betrayal" to the party. On 21 January, Errejón vacated his seat in the Congress, but still called for Podemos, IU and Equo to join the Más Madrid platform. On 25 January, Ramón Espinar, the regional Podemos Secretary-General, announced his resignation and his farewell from politics, allegedly after the party's national leadership deprived Espinar's regional branch of any autonomy to attempt negotiations with Errejón's platform for either running in a joint list or agreeing on a coordinated political action. On 24 April, four days before the April 2019 Spanish general election, former president of the Community of Madrid Ángel Garrido announced his break up from the PP and his integration within Cs lists for the election.


2019 Madrilenian regional election, Parliamentary composition
The Assembly of Madrid was officially dissolved on 2 April 2019, after the publication of the dissolution decree in the Official Gazette of the Community of Madrid. The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the Assembly at the time of dissolution.


2019 Madrilenian regional election, Parties and candidates
The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least 0.5 percent of the electorate in the Community of Madrid, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.


2019 Madrilenian regional election, Parties and candidates
Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:


2019 Madrilenian regional election, Opinion polls
The tables below list opinion polling results in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll.


2019 Madrilenian regional election, Opinion polls, Voting intention estimates
The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. When available, seat projections are also displayed below (or in place of) the voting estimates in a smaller font; 67 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Assembly of Madrid (65 until January 2019).


2019 Madrilenian regional election, Opinion polls, Voting intention estimates
Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls  Exit poll


2019 Madrilenian regional election, Opinion polls, Preferred President
The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become President of the Community of Madrid.


2019 Madrilenian regional election, Results, Elected legislators
The following table lists the elected legislators sorted by order of election.


2019 Madrilenian regional election, Aftermath
Isabel Díaz Ayuso's administration represented several historical firsts for the Community of Madrid: it was the first time that the region was run by a coalition government—Ayuso's own conservative People's Party (PP) and the center-right Citizens (Cs)—and it was the first time that the far-right, represented by Vox, propped up a regional executive in the Community. A similar governing arrangement was set up in the southern regions of Andalusia and Murcia.


2019 Magnolia Hotshots season
The 2019 Magnolia Hotshots season is the 31st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2019 Magyar Kupa (men's basketball)
The 2019 Tibor Zsíros Férfi Magyar Kupa was the 62nd season of the Hungarian Basketball Cup. Szilárd Benke was named Most Valuable Player.


2019 Magyar Kupa (men's basketball), Qualification
Eight highest ranked teams after the first half of the 2018–19 NB I/A regular season qualified to the tournament.


2019 Magyar Kupa (men's water polo)
The 2019 Magyar Kupa (known as the BENU Férfi Magyar Kupa for sponsorship reasons), was the 93rd edition of the tournament.


2019 Magyar Kupa (men's water polo), Schedule
The rounds of the 2019 competition are scheduled as follows:


2019 Magyar Kupa (men's water polo), Preliminary round
The preliminary round ties were scheduled for 1–2 September 2019.


2019 Magyar Kupa (men's water polo), Quarter-finals
The quarter-final matches were played on 25 and 26 October 2019.


2019 Magyar Kupa (men's water polo), Final four
The final four was held on 7 and 8 December 2019 at the Császár-Komjádi Swimming Stadium in Budapest, II. ker.


2019 Magyar Kupa (women's basketball)
The 2019 László Killik Női Magyar Kupa is the 62nd season of the Hungarian Basketball Cup.


2019 Magyar Kupa (women's basketball), Qualification
Eight highest ranked teams after the first half of the 2018–19 NB I/A regular season qualified to the tournament.


2019 Magyar Kupa Final
The 2019 Magyar Kupa Final was the final match of the 2018–19 Magyar Kupa, played between Budapest Honvéd and Fehérvár on 25 May 2019 at the Groupama Arena in Budapest, Hungary.


2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
The 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election was held on 21 October 2019 to elect all 288 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. After a 61.4% turnout in the election, the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena (SHS) won a majority. Following differences over the government formation, the alliance was dissolved, precipitating a political crisis. Since a council of ministers had not been formed after no party could manage to form the government, President's rule was imposed in the state.


2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
On 23 November 2019, Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in as the Chief Minister and Ajit Pawar was sworn in as Deputy Chief Minister. However both of them resigned on 26 November 2019 before the floor test and on 28 November 2019, Shiv Sena, NCP, and Congress formed the government under a new alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), with Uddhav Thackeray as the Chief Minister.


2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, Background
The results were out on 21 October 2019 with the Sena-BJP Alliance getting Majority, enough to form the government. But due to breakage of promise given to Shiv Sena by the BJP. The Alliance ended, with the Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Indian National Congress forming the Government


2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, Election schedule
The Election Commission announced the election dates for the Assembly elections in Maharashtra.


2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, Political parties and campaign
Pre -election alliance of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was formed between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena (SHS). Later, however, SHS left NDA and formed Three-Party Alliance Government Maha Vikas Aghadi seeing inability to share power with each other.


2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, Political parties and campaign
Pre -election alliance of United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was formed with Indian National Congress (INC) and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). INC filled nominations on 145 seats and NCP on 123. Other parties that supported the UPA alliance were Raju Shetti-led Swabhimani Shetkari Saghtana (4 seats), the Peasants and Workers Party (6 seats), Samajwadi Party (3 seats), Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (3 seats) and Ravi Rana-led Swabhiman Sanghatana (1 seat). The opposition finalised common nominee of 2 seats of Mankhatao and Kothrud constituency. Peoples Republican Party (3 seats) and Bahujan Republican Socialist Party (2 seats) will be fielding their candidates on the symbols of INC and NCP. The Samajwadi Party later rescinded its support for the alliance, to contest for 7 seats separately instead. Shiv Sena later joined UPA after leaving NDA.


2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, Political parties and campaign
Various prominent parties in the Maharashtra's political scenario did not join hands with either of the two alliances. This includes Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi that will be contesting all 288 seats. All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen will be contesting from 44 seats, mostly from Muslim predominant constituencies. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena will be contesting from 103 seats.


2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, Political parties and campaign
A total of 5543 nominations were received by Election Commission throughout the state of which about 3239 candidatures were left after others were rejected or had their nominations withdrawn. The Chiplun constituency has the least candidates (3 candidates), whereas Nanded South constituency had the maximum candidates (38 candidates).


2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, Maha Yuti Campaign:
On 30 September 2019, The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena announced that they have finalised their Seat sharing agreements with each other and agreed to fight under the banner of Maha Yuti Alliance. Few days before, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had visited Matoshree (Uddhav Thackeray's Home) and met Uddhav Thackeray for the same.


2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, Maha Yuti Campaign:
The parties however were clashing on the subject of 50-50 CM sharing formula.


2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, Maha Yuti Campaign:
The campaign was led by Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray and then Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis.


2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, Maha Yuti Campaign:, Shiv Sena:, Jan- Aashirwad Yatra:
In order to expand the party's image and to improve its vote share within the state as well as in the Alliance, the Shiv Sena started Jan Aashirwad Yatra headed by party's youth icon and Yuva Sena Chief Aaditya Thackeray. Under this, Aditya Thackeray with his party cadres travelled city-to-city, village-to-village convincing people to vote in favour of his party and the Alliance.


2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, Maha Yuti Campaign:, Shiv Sena:, Aditya Samwad:
On par with the Jan Aashirwad Yatra, Aaditya Thackeray interacted with youth community across the state under the Aditya Samwad, there he addressed questions related common problems faced by today's generation and provided solutions for them. Aditya Samwad was promoted and supported by Indian Political Strategist Prashant Kishor and his company I-PAC.


2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, Maha Yuti Campaign:, Bharatiya Janata Party:, Maha- Janadesh Yatra:
The BJP launched the Maha- Janadesh Yatra headed by then incumbent CM and BJP Leader Devendra Fadnavis, State President Chandrakant Patil and Union Minister Rajnath Singh. Under the Yatra, the BJP hoped to approach more constituencies and voters.


2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, Maha Aaghadi Campaign:
On 16 September 2019, the Indian National Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party sealed their deal for seat sharing arrangements for the elections, both the parties contested on 125 Seats and kept 38 seats for Independents/Smaller Parties, This comes after the INC-NCP lost many heavyweight leaders joining BJP-Sena.


2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, Maha Aaghadi Campaign:
Both the parties were unclear about the CM Candidate from the Alliance.


2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, Maha Aaghadi Campaign:, Nationalist Congress Party:, Shiv Swarajya Yatra
The NCP flagged off the Shiv Swarajya Yatra from Shivneri,headed by Chief Sharad Pawar, Ajit Pawar and State President Jayant Patil, the Party hoped that it would reach maximum people that would help them to raise strong Anti-Incumbency. The campaign by the Nationalist Congress Party was seen as a try-hard campaign against the mighty Sena-BJP Alliance, which proved correct making the BJP-Sena losing vast constituencies against the Congress-NCP.


2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, Maha Aaghadi Campaign:, Nationalist Congress Party:, Shiv Swarajya Yatra
The NCP also managed to revive the itself by successfully gaining their stronghold Western Maharashtra back from the Sena-BJP Alliance, the lone-NCP was seen as the main and unexpected competitor against the Sena-BJP.


2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, Maha Aaghadi Campaign:, Nationalist Congress Party:, Shiv Swarajya Yatra
The Sena-BJP though managed to form the government for the second term, but lost core-ministers and constituencies to the NCP.


2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, Maha Aaghadi Campaign:, Indian National Congress:, Pol Khol Yatra
The INC flagged off the Pol Khol Yatra headed by senior state party leaders like Ashok Chavan, State President Balasaheb Thorat and Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath.


2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, Maha Aaghadi Campaign:, Indian National Congress:, Pol Khol Yatra
The Pol Khol Yatra was intended to expose the ruling Maha Yuti Government's failures and claims. The Yatra only little but helped the party in securing fate in Maharashtra.


2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, Surveys and polls
Subsequent to the election, pre-polling and exit polling in all cases but one (India Today-Axis exit poll), was seen to have significantly over-estimated the vote share and seat projections to the ruling right-wing NDA coalition.


2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, Aftermath
After declaration of election result on 24 October 2019, Shiv Sena declined to support BJP for the government formation demanding rotational Chief Ministers of both parties for 2.5 years each, which was promised by BJP during elections as claimed by Shiv Sena and withdrew from Maha-Yuti Alliance. As no political party was able to prove the majority in the assembly, the President's rule was imposed in the state following recommendation by the Governor on 12 November 2019.


2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, Aftermath
Ultimately, the combination of largest legislative party BJP and a faction of the NCP agreed to form a grand coalition with Devendra Fadnavis returning as Chief Minister. Ajit Pawar of NCP was sworn in as Deputy Chief Minister. But the NCP national leadership had rebuffed this move and announced that it will not support BJP. On Tue, 26 Nov, Devendra Fadnavis resigned at press conference in Mumbai.


2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, Aftermath
On Thursday, 28 November Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackarey was sworn in as chief minister.


2019 Maharashtra Open
The 2019 Maharashtra Open (also known as the Tata Open Maharashtra for sponsorship reasons) was a 2019 ATP Tour tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 24th edition of the only ATP tournament played in India and took place in Pune, India, from 31 December 2018 through 5 January 2019.


2019 Maharashtra Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Maharashtra Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:


2019 Maharashtra Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2019 Maharashtra Open – Doubles
Robin Haase and Matwé Middelkoop were the defending champions, but chose to compete in Doha instead.


2019 Maharashtra Open – Doubles
Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan won the title, defeating Luke Bambridge and Jonny O'Mara in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2019 Maharashtra Open – Singles
Gilles Simon was the defending champion, but lost to Kevin Anderson in the semifinals.


2019 Maharashtra Open – Singles
Anderson went on to win the title, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5), against Ivo Karlović. Karlovic became the oldest player since Ken Rosewall in 1977 to contest an ATP final. With a combined height of 4.14 meters, this was the tallest final on the ATP tour in the open era.


2019 Maharashtra Open – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2019 Maharashtra political crisis
A political crisis in the Indian state of Maharashtra occurred after the 2019 legislative assembly election over the formation of a new state government. With no political party able to prove their majority in the legislative assembly, president's rule was imposed in the state following a recommendation by the Governor of Maharashtra Bhagat Singh Koshyari.


2019 Maharashtra political crisis
The President's rule was later revoked and the Bharatiya Janata Party, led by former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, formed a government with the help of a small faction of the Nationalist Congress Party, led by Ajit Pawar. After three days, Fadnavis and Pawar resigned. A new government was formed by the Maha Vikas Aghadi, a new alliance of Shiv Sena, the Indian National Congress, and the Nationalist Congress Party, under Uddhav Thackeray.


2019 Maharashtra political crisis, Background
The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly has 288 seats. In the 2019 election, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 105 seats,  Shiv Sena won 56, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) won 54, and the Indian National Congress (INC) won 44. All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and Samajwadi Party (SP) won two seats each while Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI (M)) won one seat each. 23 seats were won by other parties and independents. 145 seats are required for a majority to form government.


2019 Maharashtra political crisis, Background
Two alliances contested the election: the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) or Maha Yuti, a BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, and the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) or Maha-aghadi between the NCP and INC.


2019 Maharashtra political crisis, Crisis
After the declaration of election results on 24 October, Shiv Sena declined to support the BJP to form the government, on demand an equal share in power which was promised by BJP. Shiv Sena also demanded the post of Chief Minister for 2.5 years according to 50-50 promise. But BJP declined such promise and eventually ended breaking ties with one of their oldest ally Shiv Sena.


2019 Maharashtra political crisis, Crisis
On 8 November 2019, the Governor of Maharashtra Bhagat Singh Koshyari invited the BJP to form a government as the single largest party. However, the BJP declined to form the government on 10 November because it was unable to attain a majority. The invitation passed to the second largest party, Shiv Sena, to form government. On 11 November, the Governor invited the NCP to form government. The next day, after the NCP also failed to gain majority support, the governor recommended president's rule to the Council of Ministers of India and the President. This was accepted, and president's rule was imposed. The discussions between Shiv Sena, NCP and INC ended with the formation of a new alliance, Maha Vikas Aghadi. A consensus was finally achieved with Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray appointed Chief Minister after protracted negotiations.


2019 Maharashtra political crisis, Crisis, First Government Formation
In the early hours of 23 November, the president's rule was revoked and BJP's Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in as Chief Minister for a second consecutive term, while NCP leader Ajit Pawar was sworn in as Deputy Chief Minister. On the other side, NCP chief Sharad Pawar announced that Ajit Pawar's decision to support the BJP was his own and not endorsed by the party. The NCP split into two factions: one led by Sharad Pawar and the other led by his nephew Ajit Pawar.


2019 Maharashtra political crisis, Crisis, First Government Formation
Later in the day, Ajit Pawar was removed as the parliamentary party leader of the NCP. He clarified that, despite joining hands with BJP, he is an NCP worker and will remain so. The next day Shiv Sena, the NCP, and the INC petitioned the Supreme Court regarding the discretion of the state governor to invite BJP to form government. Shiv Sena also requested the Supreme Court order the new government to prove majority in the legislative assembly. On 26 November, the Supreme Court ordered the new government to prove the majority in the legislative assembly by the evening of the next day. The same day, Ajit Pawar and Fadnavis resigned as Deputy Chief Minister and Chief Minister.


2019 Maharashtra political crisis, Crisis, First Government Formation
Shiv Sena, the NCP, and the INC rounded up their MLAs after Fadnavis' oath and kept them sequestered in various hotels and buses to prevent horse-trading.


2019 Maharashtra political crisis, Crisis, Second Government Formation
The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA); a post-election alliance of Shiv Sena, NCP and INC with other small parties such as the Samajwadi Party and Peasants and Workers Party of India staked the claim to form a new government under the chief ministership of Uddhav Thackeray. The MVA leaders met the governor and submitted a letter of support of MLAs of MVA. Thackeray was sworn-in as the 19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra on 28 November 2019 at Shivaji Park in Mumbai.


2019 Maia Challenger
The 2019 Maia Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Maia, Portugal from 18 to 24 November 2019.


2019 Maia Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Maia Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using protected rankings:


2019 Maia Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2019 Maia Challenger – Doubles
Andre Begemann and Daniel Masur won the title after defeating Guillermo García López and David Vega Hernández 7–6(7–2), 6–4 in the final.


2019 Maia Challenger – Singles
Jozef Kovalík won the title after defeating Constant Lestienne 6–0, 6–4 in the final.


2019 Maidstone Borough Council election
The 2019 Maidstone Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Maidstone Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Maine Black Bears football team
The 2019 Maine Black Bears football team represented the University of Maine in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They played their home games at Alfond Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They were led by first-year head coach Nick Charlton. They finished the season 6–6, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place.


2019 Maine Black Bears football team, Previous season
The Black Bears finished the 2018 season 10–4, 7–1 in CAA play to be crowned CAA champions. They received the CAA's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they defeated Jacksonville State in the second round, and Weber State in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to Eastern Washington.


2019 Maine Black Bears football team, Preseason, CAA poll
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Black Bears were predicted to finish in third place.


2019 Maine Black Bears football team, Preseason, Preseason All–CAA team
The Black Bears had six different players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.


2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 90th Major League Baseball All-Star Game. The game was hosted by the Cleveland Indians and was played at Progressive Field on July 9, 2019, with the American League prevailing over the National League, 4–3.


2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The decision to name Cleveland the host city was announced on January 27, 2017, by Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred. It was the sixth All-Star Game in Cleveland, and the first since 1997; this established the Indians as the team to have hosted the most All-Star Games, breaking a four-way tie with the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, and Cincinnati Reds, who have each hosted the game five times. It was also the first time since 2014 that an American League team has hosted the event. That All-Star Game also coincided with the 25th anniversary of Progressive Field and made it the second All-Star Game hosted by that ballpark.


2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Alex Cora of the defending World Series champion Boston Red Sox managed the American League, and Dave Roberts of the Los Angeles Dodgers managed the National League for the second consecutive year. The Houston Astros once again led all of baseball with a record six players selected to the All-Star roster, including four starters.


2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Host selection
Bidding for the 2019 All-Star Game began roughly five years before in 2014, according to Indians owner Paul Dolan. The selection of Cleveland to host the 2019 All-Star Game was heavily influenced by three major factors. The first involves recent improvement and growth throughout downtown Cleveland. The second factor is the recent success enjoyed by the Indians which culminated in an appearance in the 2016 World Series. Commissioner Manfred spoke highly of the city and its response to the World Series, stating that, "Cleveland's a baseball town and it will be a great host for the Midsummer Classic." Recent renovations and improvements in Progressive Field were the third factor influencing the decision to name the ballpark as the All-Star Game host for the second time.


2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Host selection
This marked the sixth time the Indians have hosted the All-Star Game, more than any other team. Likewise, this is the sixth All-Star Game played in Cleveland, the third most All-Star Games hosted by any city, only trailing New York (nine games hosted by four teams) and Chicago (seven games hosted by two teams).


2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Fan balloting
Voting for the All-Star game was changed from previous years. "Primary" voting lasted from on May 28 to June 21. The "primary" determined the top three vote-getters at every infield position and top nine vote-getters in the outfield for both the American and National Leagues. From this group of finalists, fans determined the All-Star Game starters. Voting ran from June 26 to June 27.


2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Fan balloting
Unlike the format from previous years, which allowed fans to vote on a standard ballot up to 35 times, they could vote up to five times per day during the "primary" but only once during the final voting which determined the starting lineups. The "Starters Election" winners are highlighted below.


2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Fan balloting
The remainder of the rosters, including all pitchers, were selected by player vote and input from both managers.


2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Logo
The Indians and Major League Baseball unveiled the electric guitar inspired logo for the 2019 All-Star Game on August 7, 2018.


2019 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby
The 2019 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby was a home run hitting contest between eight batters from Major League Baseball (MLB). The derby was held on July 8, 2019, at Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH, the site of the 2019 MLB All-Star Game. In an effort to lure more big name players to the Derby compared to previous seasons, MLB increased the winner's prize to $1 million with the total pool money being increased to $2.5 million, up from $525,000 in 2018.


2019 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby
The longest home run, amongst the total 312 hit by the 8 players involved, covered a distance of 488 ft (148.74 m), and was hit by the runner-up of the contest, Vladimir Guerrero Jr.


2019 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby
This was the first derby since the format change in 2015 to feature tie-breaking rounds, as Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Joc Pederson went to a record three swing-offs in the second round. Additionally, Guerrero Jr. surpassed the previous first and second round records for home runs hit by Josh Hamilton in 2008 and Kyle Schwarber in 2018 respectively. Winner Pete Alonso of the New York Mets hit 23 home runs in the final round, also breaking the final round total set by Giancarlo Stanton in 2016. The total tally of 312 home runs is the most in the history of the event.


2019 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby, Rules
Eight players participate in the derby in a bracket-style, single-elimination timed event. Each player has four minutes to hit as many home runs as possible. Hitters are awarded an additional 30 seconds if they hit two home runs over 440 ft (134.11 m). Hitters are also allowed one 45 second timeout to stop the clock (two in the finals).


2019 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby, Rules
The eight competing players are seeded 1-8 based on their home run totals. While the lower seed hits first, the higher seed hits second in all rounds. The round ends if the higher seed exceeds the total of the first hitter. In the event of a tie, two sets of tiebreakers are employed: first, a 1-minute swing-off (with no timeouts nor bonus time awarded); thereafter, multiple three-swing sets  will occur until the tie is broken.


2019 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby, Bracket
By June 30, 2019, Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Cleveland Indians first baseman Carlos Santana, New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso, Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Josh Bell, Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich, and Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. had agreed to participate in the derby. However, on July 7, 2019, Yelich was forced to withdraw from the derby due to a back injury. As a result, Oakland Athletics third baseman Matt Chapman was selected by the league to replace Yelich.


2019 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby, Bracket
Guerrero set a new single-round record with 29 home runs in the first round, and he and Joc Pederson matched the feat in round two. Both Guerrero and Pederson tied with eight home runs in a tiebreaker, matched with one home run in a three-swing swing-off, before Guerrero prevailed in a second swing-off by a score of 2–1.


2019 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby, Bracket
* Round went into three swing-offs after Guerrero Jr. and Pederson were tied 29–29 after regulation and 37–37 after first tiebreaker.


2019 Major League Baseball draft
The 2019 Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft was held from June 3 to 5, 2019. The draft assigned amateur baseball players to MLB teams. The draft order was set based on the reverse order of the 2018 MLB season standings. In addition, compensation picks were distributed for players who did not sign from the 2018 MLB Draft and for teams that lost qualifying free agents. The first 41 picks, including the first round and compensatory picks, were broadcast by MLB Network on June 3, and the second round was streamed on MLB.com directly following the first round. The remainder of the draft was streamed online from June 4 to 5.


2019 Major League Baseball draft
The Baltimore Orioles, who had the worst record of the 2018 MLB season, selected Adley Rutschman with the first overall pick in the draft. The Atlanta Braves received the ninth overall pick as compensation for failing to sign Carter Stewart. The Arizona Diamondbacks received the 26th overall pick as compensation for failing to sign Matt McLain. The Los Angeles Dodgers received the 31st overall pick as compensation for failing to sign J. T. Ginn. The Pittsburgh Pirates received the 37th overall pick for failing to sign Gunnar Hoglund. As a result of surpassing the luxury tax threshold by over $40 million, the Boston Red Sox' top pick dropped down 10 places in the draft.


2019 Major League Baseball draft
Andrew Vaughn made his debut 4/02/21 making him the first player from the 2019 draft to make his major league debut


2019 Major League Baseball season
The 2019 Major League Baseball season began on March 20, while the regular season ended on September 29. It was the 150th anniversary of professional baseball, dating back to the 1869 foundation of the Cincinnati Red Stockings. The postseason began on October 1. The World Series began October 22 and ended October 30 with the Washington Nationals defeating the Houston Astros in seven games to win their first World Series championship. The entire schedule was released on August 22, 2018.


2019 Major League Baseball season
The 90th Major League Baseball All-Star Game was held on July 9 at Progressive Field, home of the Cleveland Indians. The American League won, 4–3, for its seventh straight victory.


2019 Major League Baseball season
This was the final season when anyone on the 40-man expanded roster could be used in games from September 1 through the end of the regular season (so-called September call-ups).


2019 Major League Baseball season, Schedule
As has been the case since 2013, teams were scheduled to play 19 games against each division opponent for a total of 76 games, and six or seven games against each team from the other two divisions for a total of 66 games. The primary inter-league match-ups were AL East vs NL West, AL Central vs NL East and AL West vs NL Central.


2019 Major League Baseball season, Schedule
The season began on March 20 and 21 with the Oakland Athletics and the Seattle Mariners playing in Tokyo, Japan, at the Tokyo Dome.


2019 Major League Baseball season, Schedule
Excluding international openers, March 28 was the earliest Opening Day in history. The previous earliest was March 29 of the 2018 season.


2019 Major League Baseball season, Schedule
The second annual Mexico Series of games featured four matchups during the season. The first featured the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds at Monterrey, Mexico's Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey on April 13 and 14. The other series, also in Monterrey, featured two games between the Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Angels on May 4 and 5.


2019 Major League Baseball season, Schedule
The Kansas City Royals faced the Detroit Tigers at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska, on June 13, two days before the College World Series. This was the first MLB game played in the state of Nebraska.


2019 Major League Baseball season, Schedule
The London Series featured the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox at London Stadium in London, on June 29 and 30 making it the first regular season series played in London, under a two-year commitment.


2019 Major League Baseball season, Schedule
The MLB Little League Classic at BB&T Ballpark in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, coinciding with the Little League World Series, returned to the schedule for the third straight year. It was played between the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates on August 18.


2019 Major League Baseball season, Awards and honors, All-MLB Team
On December 10, Major League Baseball announced its first-ever All-MLB team. Players were selected through fan votes (50%) and votes from a panel of experts (50%). The winners were selected based on merit, with no set number of nominees per position and no distinction between leagues.


2019 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Changes
On November 16, 2018, the Miami Marlins unveiled a new logo, team colors, and uniform for 2019, as part of changes instituted by the team's new CEO Derek Jeter. The new design replaces one used since their 2012 move to Marlins Park and rebranding from the Florida Marlins to the Miami Marlins, and utilizes shades of red, blue, black, and slate.


2019 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Changes
On January 29, 2018, Major League Baseball stated that the Cleveland Indians had agreed to stop using their "Chief Wahoo" logo—which has attracted controversy as a stereotype of Native Americans—on their uniforms in 2019, as it was deemed to be "no longer appropriate for on-field use".


2019 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Changes
The block C cap insignia will officially become the team's main logo; on November 19, 2018, the team unveiled new uniforms excluding the Chief Wahoo logo, as well as new hats with red brims for home games, a new red-colored home alternate jersey (marking the team's first red jersey since the 1970s), and sleeve patches commemorating their hosting of the 2019 All-Star Game. In order to maintain trademarks and prevent it from falling into the public domain, the logo will continue to be used on a limited amount of team merchandise.


2019 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Changes
All 30 teams wore patches this year on the right sleeve commemorating MLB's 150th anniversary. The patch was also featured on caps on Opening Day.


2019 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Anniversaries and special events
The following teams will wear commemorative patches for special occasions


2019 Major League Baseball season, Throwbacks
To honor the 150th anniversary of the Cincinnati Red Stockings becoming the first professional baseball team, the Cincinnati Reds announced on November 5, 2018, that the team would wear fifteen throwback uniforms. They wore:


2019 Major League Baseball season, Throwbacks
The Pirates are continuing to wear 1979 "bumblebee" throwbacks on Sundays this season. The team wore mono-black uniforms July 20 as the 40th anniversary of the 1979 World Series-winning team was honored.


2019 Major League Baseball season, Throwbacks
The Pirates and Brewers wore Negro leagues throwbacks June 1 and 7. The Pirates wore uniforms of the Pittsburgh Crawfords and the Brewers wore the uniforms of the Milwaukee Bears.


2019 Major League Baseball season, Throwbacks
The Twins and Royals wore Negro leagues throwbacks June 23. The Twins wore 1908 uniforms of the St. Paul Colored Gophers, and the Royals wore 1942 uniforms of the Kansas City Monarchs.


2019 Major League Baseball season, Throwbacks
The Royals and Nationals wore 1969 throwbacks July 6. The Nationals wore the 1969 throwbacks of the Montreal Expos.


2019 Major League Baseball season, Throwbacks
The Phillies wore mono-burgundy 1979 "Saturday Night Special" throwbacks July 27. They were only worn once, on May 27, 1979. The Braves wore 1979 throwbacks, as well.


2019 Major League Baseball season, Venues
This was the Texas Rangers' final season at Globe Life Park in Arlington (formerly known as the Ballpark in Arlington and Ameriquest Field), where the team played its final regular season home game with a 6–1 win over the New York Yankees on September 29 before moving to Globe Life Field in 2020.


2019 Major League Baseball season, Venues
The stadium of the Seattle Mariners was renamed T-Mobile Park for the mobile provider (including its magenta-pink logo color as part of the park's branding atmosphere), after Safeco's contract with the team to call the venue Safeco Field expired at the end of the 2018 season.


2019 Major League Baseball season, Venues
The home field of the San Francisco Giants had its fourth name in its history since opening in 2000, but its first name outside the same company, as Oracle will pay an unknown but significant amount for a twenty-year agreement to rename the former AT&T Park as Oracle Park. It also keeps Oracle's name on a Bay Area sports venue, as the Golden State Warriors left Oakland's Oracle Arena for the Chase Center .75 miles (1.2 km) south of Oracle Park at the end of the 2018–19 NBA season.


2019 Major League Baseball season, Broadcast rights, Television, National
This was the sixth year of the current eight-year deals with Fox Sports, ESPN, and TBS. Fox aired eight weeks of baseball on Saturday Nights which led up to the 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game which also aired on Fox. Fox then televised Saturday afternoon games for the final four weeks of the season. FS1 televised games on Tuesday and on Saturday both during the afternoon and night. ESPN televised games on its flagship telecast Sunday Night Baseball as well as Monday and Wednesday nights. TBS televised Sunday afternoon games for the last 13 weeks of the regular season. Fox and ESPN Sunday Night Baseball telecasts were exclusive; all other national telecasts were subject to local blackout.


2019 Major League Baseball season, Broadcast rights, Television, National
TBS televised the National League Wild Card Game, Division Series, and the Championship Series. ESPN televised the American League Wild Card. FS1 and MLB Network televised the American League Division Series. Fox and FS1 televised the American League Championship Series. The World Series will air exclusively on Fox for the 20th consecutive year.


2019 Major League Baseball season, Broadcast rights, Television, Local
Under an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice regarding Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox, the Fox Sports Regional Networks were required to be sold off to third parties by June 18, 2019. Fox also invoked a clause to give Yankee Global Enterprises the rights to buy their stake back in the YES Network. Including YES, the Fox Sports Regional Networks broadcast games for 15 of the 30 MLB teams. On March 8, YES was sold to a consortium including Yankee Global Enterprises, Amazon, and Sinclair Broadcast Group for $3.5 billion. Then on May 3, Sinclair and Entertainment Studios agreed to purchase the rest of the Fox Sports Regional Networks. The networks continued to use the Fox Sports branding for the rest of the regular season under a transitional license agreement.


2019 Major League Baseball season, Broadcast rights, Television, Local
WGN-TV broadcasts of Chicago Cubs and White Sox games concluded at the end of the season. WGN held the local broadcast television rights of both teams since 1948. The network's final telecasts took place on September 28 (Cubs) and September 29 (White Sox). Effective with the 2020 season, Cubs games will move exclusively to the new Marquee Sports Network, while White Sox games will air full-time on NBC Sports Chicago.


2019 Major League Baseball season, Broadcast rights, Digital
MLB's contract with Facebook Watch has been further downsized, now only consisting of six games (reduced from 25). In addition, the games will no longer be exclusive to the service, and subject to blackout in-market. The league also reached a new digital partnership with the streaming service DAZN, who now airs a daily studio program, ChangeUp, which features live look-ins on games in progress.


2019 Major League Baseball season, Broadcast rights, Digital
In mid-July, MLB and Google announced that 13 games will air exclusively on YouTube, produced by MLB Network.


2019 Major League Baseball season, Retirements
The following players and managers retired from the start of 2019 season through Opening Day of the 2020 season:


2019 Major League Lacrosse season
The 2019 Major League Lacrosse season was the 19th season of Major League Lacrosse. The regular season began on Friday, May 31 and ended on Sunday, September 22. It was the first time the league would ever begin its season after Memorial Day, allowing all players selected in the collegiate draft to play a full season. 2019 also marks the first time each team would play 16 games. The league has played a 14-game schedule since 2012. Additionally, the league returned to a Championship Weekend format instead of a two-week postseason for the first time since 2013. Championship Weekend was hosted in Denver with two semifinal games on Friday, October 4 and the 19th Steinfeld Cup was hosted at Dick's Sporting Goods Park October 6 on ESPN2.


2019 Major League Lacrosse season
For the third time in five years, the Denver Outlaws enter the season as defending Steinfeld Cup champions. They defeated the Dallas Rattlers 16–12 in the 2018 championship game in Charleston, South Carolina.


2019 Major League Lacrosse season
On April 1, the league announced that the Charlotte Hounds, Florida Launch, and Ohio Machine would not be participating in the 2019 season, with Charlotte set to return in 2021 and Florida and Ohio folding. An updated league schedule was released April 3. The league competed with only six teams, the fewest since 2011.


2019 Major League Lacrosse season, Broadcast
Along with the league's schedule release on November 29, 2018, MLL announced it will continue its partnership with ESPN and Lax Sports Network for the 2019 season. ESPN+ will broadcast a Game of the Week. The All Star Game in Annapolis will be broadcast on ESPN2 while the 2019 Steinfeld Cup will be broadcast on ESPNEWS.


2019 Major League Lacrosse season, Broadcast
On May 30, the league announced that 12 games and a weekly studio show would be broadcast on Stadium.


2019 Major League Lacrosse season, Broadcast
On June 14, the league announced a partnership expansion with ESPN, as ESPN Player will broadcast 18 games on an international streaming platform.


2019 Major League Lacrosse season, Attendance
For the first time since 2011, the league's average attendance per game would see an increase. Half of the six teams would see a boost in attendance, although the Denver Outlaws would record their worst attendance in team history. The Chesapeake Bayhawks would become the first attendance champion not named the Denver Outlaws since the Boston Cannons in 2012, and would draw 16,124 for their last regular season game on September 21. The Boston Cannons saw a 9% growth and announced two sellouts at their new home in Quincy, Massachusetts. The Atlanta Blaze, despite having to change stadiums midseason, would see a slight growth in attendance for the first time in their young history.


2019 Major League Lacrosse season, Collegiate Draft
The league hosted its collegiate draft on Saturday, March 9 in Charlotte at the NASCAR Hall of Fame. This was announced on January 23. Faceoff specialist Alex Woodall from Towson was drafted first overall by the Machine. The Chesapeake Bayhawks drafted one of the biggest names in college lacrosse, Pat Spencer with the seventh pick.


2019 Major League Lacrosse season, Collegiate Draft, Rookie selection draft
With the league contracting to six teams almost a month after the collegiate draft, questions were raised about what would happen to the players selected in the draft by Charlotte, Florida, and Ohio. On April 26, the league's remaining six teams held a dispersal draft for those collegiate athletes selected by the three suspended teams and any other eligible NCAA seniors. Top pick Alex Woodall (selected by Ohio) was picked up by the Blaze.


2019 Major League Lacrosse season, Dispersal draft
The league held a dispersal draft on April 24 to accommodate for the rosters of the three teams who suspended operations earlier in the month. Notable player movement included Ben Williams (faceoff/defense) going to Atlanta, midfielder Nick Mariano signing with the Chesapeake Bayhawks, veteran midfielder Kevin Crowley and goalie Austin Kaut signing with the New York Lizards, and Dallas native attackman Bryce Wasserman going home to the Rattlers.


2019 Major League Lacrosse season, All Star Game
The 2019 All Star Game took place on Saturday, July 27 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland, home to the Chesapeake Bayhawks. It was broadcast on ESPN2. The 19th edition of the game the players were voted into the contest by MLL fans and then drafted into teams called Fire and Ice. Team captains were Rob Pannell with B.J. O'Hara as the coach (Fire) and Lyle Thompson with Bill Warder as the coach (Ice). Team Ice won by a sudden victory overtime goal by 21-year-old rookie Brendan Sunday 16–15. Even though Team Fire was defeated, Dylan Molloy of Fire earned the MVP honors with a check for $10,000 from sponsor New Balance. Molloy had 5 goals, 1 assist and 6 points.


2019 Major League Lacrosse season, Playoffs
For the first time since 2013, the playoffs will have a Final Four format, with two semifinal games on Friday, October 4 and the championship game on Sunday, October 6. Four teams will make the postseason bracket. On July 15, Denver was announced as the host city. Peter Barton Stadium will host the two semifinal games and Dick's Sporting Goods Park will host the 19th Steinfeld Cup.


2019 Major League Rugby Final
The 2019 Major League Rugby Final was the championship match of the 2nd season of Major League Rugby (MLR), a rugby union club competition in the United States. It was played on June 16th 2019, at Torero Stadium in San Diego, California, between the San Diego Legion and the Seattle Seawolves.


2019 Major League Rugby Final
San Diego and Seattle finished first and second in the regular season, respectively, and advanced to the final after defeating New York and Toronto in the semifinals. The Seattle team was the defending champion, having won the 2018 final. Seattle defeated San Diego 26–23 in the 2019 final to take their second championship title.


2019 Major League Rugby Final, Background
The 2019 Major League Rugby season began in January 2019 with nine teams all playing each other home and away. The Seattle Seawolves won the previous season's championship, defeating the Glendale Raptors at Torero Stadium in San Diego.


2019 Major League Rugby Final, Background
Seattle and San Diego played each other twice during the regular season, ending in 17–13 and 28–22 victories for the Legion.


2019 Major League Rugby Final, Venue
Torero Stadium, home field of Major League Rugby team San Diego Legion, was selected as the venue for the final after the team finished as the top seed in the regular season. The stadium with a seating capacity of 6,000 on the campus of the University of San Diego is also home to the various athletics teams of the university.


2019 Major League Rugby Final, Broadcasting
The match was broadcast nationally on CBS. It received a rating of 0.34 (510,000).


2019 Major League Rugby Final, Post-match
The defending champion Seattle Seawolves was once again awarded the "America's Championship Shield", which was changed to a 20-pound (9.1 kg) metal shield in the shape of the MLR logo. Seawolves scrum-half JP Smith was named the MLR Championship Series "man of the match".


2019 Major League Rugby season
The 2019 Major League Rugby season was the second season of Major League Rugby, the professional rugby union competition sanctioned by USA Rugby. The regular season began on January 26 and concluded on June 2.


2019 Major League Rugby season
Two teams made their debut in 2019, the Toronto Arrows  and Rugby United New York. The Seattle Seawolves won the championship for the second consecutive season, defeating the San Diego Legion 26-23 on June 16.


2019 Major League Rugby season, Regular season
The regular season was expanded from ten weeks in 2018 to nineteen weeks for 2019, with each team playing 16 matches.


2019 Major League Rugby season, Regular season, Standings
The standings for the 2019 Major League Rugby regular season are:


2019 Major League Rugby season, Regular season, Standings
Four points for a win, two for a draw, and no points for a bye. One bonus point for scoring four or more tries (TB).One bonus point for losing by seven or less (LB). •  Teams 1 to 4 (Green background) at the end of the regular season qualify for the semifinals.


2019 Major League Rugby season, Regular season, Matches
The following are the matches for the 2019 Major League Rugby regular season:


2019 Major League Rugby season, Regular season, Matches
Updated to match(es) played on Colors: Blue: home team win; Yellow: draw; Red: away team win.


2019 Major League Rugby season, Players Statistics, Top scorers
The top ten try and point scorers during the 2019 Major League Rugby season are:


2019 Major League Soccer season
The 2019 Major League Soccer season was the 24th season of Major League Soccer. The regular season began on March 2, 2019 and ended on October 6. The MLS Cup Playoffs began on October 19 and concluded with MLS Cup 2019 on November 10, under a new format that included 14 teams and consisted only of single-match rounds.


2019 Major League Soccer season
FC Cincinnati joined the league as an expansion franchise, bringing the total number of clubs to 24. Minnesota United FC opened their first soccer-specific stadium, Allianz Field, on April 13.


2019 Major League Soccer season
Atlanta United FC were the defending MLS Cup champions, while New York Red Bulls were the defending Supporters' Shield winners.


2019 Major League Soccer season
Los Angeles FC won their first Supporters' Shield with an MLS single-season record 72 points, while Seattle Sounders FC won their second MLS Cup title.


2019 Major League Soccer season, Teams, Stadiums and locations
The Portland Timbers announced in late 2018 that, due to expansion construction at Providence Park, they would play the first 12 games of the 2019 season on the road. The construction, which added about 4000 seats (bringing the total capacity to just over 25,000), also included a completely remodeled east side of the stadium, an updated concourse and concession stands on the west side of the stadium, a new scoreboard, ribbon boards and video board, and new turf. The stadium was expected to be ready to host MLS games in May or June 2019. The first home game for Portland in their renovated stadium was held on June 1, 2019, against Los Angeles FC.


2019 Major League Soccer season, Teams, Stadiums and locations
Two stadiums were renamed during the season. First, on June 4, Exploria Resorts acquired the naming rights to Orlando City Stadium, which was accordingly renamed Exploria Stadium. Then, on June 13, the U.S. arm of the Spanish multinational bank BBVA announced a rebranding of the U.S. operations from "BBVA Compass" to "BBVA". As part of the rebranding, BBVA Compass Stadium became simply BBVA Stadium.


2019 Major League Soccer season, Regular season, Format
Each club played 34 games, including 17 home games and 17 away games. Teams faced each of their conference opponents twice during the season and non-conference opponents once. Half of the conference games were played at home, and half of the non-conference games were played away from home.


2019 Major League Soccer season, Regular season, Overall table
The leading team in this table wins the Supporters' Shield.


2019 Major League Soccer season, Playoffs, Format
The MLS Cup Playoffs were expanded from 12 teams to 14 for the 2019 season, eliminating the use of two-legged series and re-seeding in favor of a shorter playoff format. The top seven teams in each conference advanced to a single elimination bracket, with the top team in each conference earning a first round bye. The MLS Cup Final took place on November 10, 2019.


2019 Major League Soccer season, Playoffs, Bracket
Note: The higher seeded team hosted matches, with the MLS Cup host determined by overall points. Source:


2019 Major League Soccer season, Player transfers, SuperDraft
The MLS SuperDraft is an annual event, taking place in January of each year, in which the teams of Major League Soccer select players who have graduated from college or otherwise been signed by the league. The first two rounds of 2019 MLS SuperDraft were held on January 11 in Chicago. Rounds three and four of the 2019 SuperDraft were held via a conference call on January 14. FC Cincinnati selected Frankie Amaya with the first overall pick.


2019 Major League Soccer season, Player transfers, Allocation ranking
The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a player who is in the MLS allocation list. The MLS allocation list contains select U.S. National Team players and players transferred outside of MLS garnering a transfer fee of at least $500,000. The allocations are ranked in reverse order of finish for the 2018 season, taking playoff performance into account. As an expansion team, FC Cincinnati took the top spot.


2019 Major League Soccer season, Player transfers, Allocation ranking
Once the club uses its allocation ranking to acquire a player, it drops to the bottom of the list. A ranking can be traded provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking. At all times each club is assigned one ranking. The rankings reset at the end of each MLS season.


2019 Makati local elections
Local elections were held in Makati on May 13, 2019 within the Philippine general election. The voters will elect for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the two Congressmen, and the eight councilors, eight in each of the city's two legislative districts.


2019 Makati local elections, Background
Incumbent mayor Abigail Binay assumed as Mayor after winning in the 2016 elections. Binay ran after the Office of the Ombudsman dismissed her brother former Mayor Junjun Binay due to the alleged overpricing of Makati City Hall Building II. She is running for reelection under the United Nationalist Alliance. Her main opponent is her brother, Junjun. The former mayor claims that she has a deal with her sister, that  she  will serve for one term as Mayor.


2019 Makati local elections, Background
The Ombudsman dismissed Binay due to the Makati City Hall Building II parking lot fiasco and was perpetually disqualified from holding any public office. However, the  Commission on Elections reiterates that Binay can still run for Mayor, because the ruling is not yet final and executory. The former mayor has the support of majority of councilors and  Barangay Captains in Makati. In an interview on 24 Oras, he will withdraw his candidacy for Mayor if his father, former Vice President Jejomar Binay will run for Mayor.


2019 Makati local elections, Candidates, Representative, 1st District
Incumbent Monsour del Rosario is running for Vice Mayor. His party nominated former Vice President Jejomar Binay, who is running against, among others, former acting city mayor Romulo “Kid” Peña.


2019 Makran massacre
On 18 April 2019, gunmen massacred several passengers travelling from Karachi to Gwadar in Makran, Balochistan, Pakistan. An estimated 15 to 20 armed militants stopped around five or six buses between 12:30am and 1am on a Makran Coastal Road. After the buses halted the gunmen then inspected the identity papers of the passengers and had about 16 of them disembark. At least 14 were shot dead, while two passengers managed to escape from the gunmen and travelled to the closest Balochistan Levies checkpost. They were later transported to Ormara Hospital for treatment. Law enforcement and Levies personnel arrived at the scene shortly afterward and commenced an investigation into the attack. The victims' bodies were taken from the Noor Baksh Hotel.


2019 Makran massacre, Responsibility
The Baloch Raaji Aajoi Sangar (BRAS), An alliance of ethnic Baloch militant armed groups has taken responsibility for the massacre in an email statement. "... those who were targeted carried [identification] cards of the Pakistan Navy and Coast Guards, and they were only killed after they were identified." Raaji Aajoi Sangar, the spokesperson for the Baloch, said in the statement.


2019 Makran massacre, Reaction
Zia Langove, the Home Minister said that a full-scale investigation will be carried out into the attack and that the perpetrators would be tracked down. "Such incidents are intolerable and we will not spare the terrorists who carried out this dastardly attack," he said.


2019 Makran massacre, Reaction
Jam Kamal, the Chief Minister of Balochistan, denounced the attacks and extended his condolences to the families of the victims. "These cowardly terrorists showed the extent of their barbarism by murdering innocent passengers," the chief minister said. He labelled the attack as an effort to stimy progress in Balochistan, and said that "progress will continue no matter what, The people of Balochistan look upon terrorists who follow the agenda of foreign elements with hate, through the support of the people, terrorism will be eliminated and the terrorists will continue to be brought to justice."


2019 Makran massacre, Reaction
The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, also condemned the attack in a statement. Khan want a swift investigation into the incident has directed the authorities to make every possible effort to identify and bring the perpetrators to justice. He also expressed his sympathies with the families of the victims.


2019 Malagasy parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Madagascar on 27 May 2019 to elect the 151 members of the National Assembly.


2019 Malagasy parliamentary election, Electoral system
The 151 members of the National Assembly were elected by two methods; 87 were elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting, with the remaining 64 elected from 32 two-seat constituencies.


2019 Malawian general election
General elections were held in Malawi on 21 May 2019 to elect the President, National Assembly and local government councillors. Incumbent President Peter Mutharika of the Democratic Progressive Party was re-elected, with his party remaining the largest in the National Assembly. However, on 3 February 2020, the Constitutional Court annulled the presidential election results due to evidence of irregularities, and ordered fresh elections be held. They were widely dubbed the "Tipp-Ex elections" after a brand of correction fluid which opponents claimed had been used to tamper with votes.


2019 Malawian general election, Electoral system
The President of Malawi is elected using the first-past-the-post system; the candidate that receives the most votes is the winner of the election. The 193 members of the National Assembly are also elected by first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies.


2019 Malawian general election, Presidential candidates
A total of ten candidates registered to contest the elections. Incumbent President Peter Mutharika of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) ran for a second term in office. Vice-President Saulos Chilima also contested the election as the United Transformation Movement (UTM) candidate, having left the DPP in 2018. The other candidates included Lazarus Chakwera (Malawi Congress Party) and Atupele Muluzi (United Democratic Front).


2019 Malawian general election, Presidential candidates
Former president Joyce Banda (People's Party) had originally planned to run for the presidency, but withdrew her candidacy two months before the election; she later endorsed opposition candidate Lazarus Chakwera. Ras Chikomeni Chirwa was disqualified due to lack of funds and failing to collect enough signatures.


2019 Malawian general election, Aftermath
The results of the 2019 elections were highly controversial and opposition leaders led by Lazarus Chakwera and Saulos Chilima disputed the results in court. Nationwide protests were held in May, June, and July 2019 in which supporters of the opposition accused the results of being rigged by Mutharika and Jane Ansah, chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission, calling for Ansah’s resignation. Malawian youth organised a "Jane Ansah Must Fall" campaign, which included days of protests in several cities. In response, thousands of women in Malawi held "I am Jane Ansah" solidarity protests after alleging that Ansah was the victim of gender discrimination.


2019 Malawian general election, Aftermath
On 3 February 2020, the Constitutional Court judges arrived in Lilongwe to read the disputed presidential election results judgement after travelling in a military vehicle with a heavy police escort. The judges took turns to read the 500-page decision over more than seven hours. The ruling nullified the results of the presidential election, concluding they had not met the standards of a free and fair election and that the Malawi Electoral Commission had failed to uphold its constitutional responsibilities. The judgement cited tampering of results, failure to address complaints raised by opposition candidates, and numerous other malpractices. The ruling also called into question the use of a plurality system in the presidential elections, stating the Malawi Constitution requires a majority of votes.


2019 Malawian general election, Aftermath
Mutharika was declared not duly elected and thus no longer President. The judges ordered fresh elections be held within 150 days.


2019 Malawian general election, Aftermath
Although DPP won plurality of seats, elections in three of the seats it won were annulled due to irregularities, and thus they were reduced to 59 lawmakers in the Parliament.


2019 Malawian protests
The 2019 Malawian protests were a series of nationwide rallies and strikes about  government pensions, the results of the 2019 Malawian general election and demands for democratic reforms. Anti -presidential unrest was met with police violence against demonstrators. Soon, they used live rounds, tear gas and batons to disperse protesters who protested for three months against the president.


2019 Malawian protests, Background
Malawi has a history of unrest and violence, yet drug trafficking and cigar rate trades are high. Many are now dying due to poverty and issues which has struck the country since the 1990s. After the 2005 Malawian food crisis, food security in Malawi became a concern for international aid groups and many have been frequently detained and criticising the government and its economic policies yet the handling of the deadlock inside of the poor nation. After nationwide pro-democracy demonstrations in 2009, the 2011 Malawian protests ultimately led to the 2012 Malawian constitutional crisis. The demonstrations are not just about the election results, but also over various issues that reflect a general lack of trust in the government.


2019 Malawian protests, Protests
Mass protests began after the 2019 Malawian general election results were announced and demands for annulment for the elections were chanted as the military was sent in to keep the mass demonstrations from spreading. Soon, Peter Mutharika, president of Malawi, ordered troops to areas across the country to disperse the protesters. Rallies continued despite the military.


2019 Malawian protests, Protests
Anti -government unrest escalated into violence, and water cannon and bullets were fired at demonstrators to disperse them. Many were killed in June 9 rallies when blockades and chants were made and heard. Lilongwe was a centre of protests, with all of its suburbs experiencing demonstrations.


2019 Malawian protests, Protests
Spontaneous outbursts of protests exploded into rioting and peaceful demonstrations turned violent. Protesters demanded the resignation of the government and an end to police brutality and the resignation of the head of the election commission. Post-election protests continued, with clashes into July.


2019 Malawian protests, Protests
The unrest prompted outcries from many governments across the world, asking the president Peter Mutharika to step down and hold new elections as soon as possible. As protests spread, a crackdown followed with many being shot, and hundreds injured.


2019 Malawian protests, Protests
By the fall of 2019, when a wave of unrest was sweeping the world, mass protests turned larger and larger and thousands protested against president Peter Mutharika in August–September. A wave of anti-electoral body protests swept towns surrounding the capital and government buildings across the country. In October–November, a bulk of protests took place, with a movement by teachers, sanitation workers, airline staff and truck drivers taking place from October 2019-January 2020. Muslim and Christians clashed in November after a school run by an Anglican church banned girls from wearing hijabs. The regular anti-government protests and a widespread anti-irregularities movement was the biggest protests and deadliest since the 2011 Malawian protests. Students protested in November–March demanding the resignation of the government but they were soon met with force and brutality.


2019 Malawian protests, Aftermath and further protests
Police stations and metro grounds have also been torched in some areas, especially at the height of the movement in June and July. Farmers, miners, peasants, employees, retirees and university students marched and protested in the country throughout 2019 and into the first months of 2020. These fresh protests heated tensions with police, but they didn't respond as harshly in 2020 in 2019. Dozens were killed in the mass protests of May–July 2019.


2019 Malawian protests, Aftermath and further protests
The results of the election were annulled after being sent to court, and the opposition won the 2020 Malawian general election after a new election was held. Women protested in October against violence against women and were met with tear gas.


2019 Malawian protests, Aftermath and further protests
Several were killed in the last wave of protests in 2020 when police fired tear gas to disperse the civil unrest gripping towns and villages across the country.


2019 Malaysia Challenge Cup
The 2019 Malaysia Challenge Cup or Challenge Cup (Malay: Piala Cabaran Malaysia 2019) is the second edition of Malaysia Challenge Cup tournament organised by Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) and Malaysian Football League (MFL).


2019 Malaysia Challenge Cup
The 2019 Malaysia Challenge Cup will start with a preliminary round. A total of 7 teams took part in the competition. The teams were divided into two groups, one group containing four teams and another with three teams. The group leaders and runners-up teams in the groups after four or six matches qualified to the semi-finals.


2019 Malaysia Challenge Cup, Format
The competition will be one involving eight teams-one team from Malaysia Super League (12th placed team), seven teams from Malaysia Premier League (6th to 12th placed teams). However, due to the fact that Perlis were thrown out of the league, there are no teams will be invited into the Challenge Cup to replace them.


2019 Malaysia Challenge Cup, Round and draw dates
The draw for the 2019 Malaysia Challenge Cup was held on 23 July 2019.


2019 Malaysia Challenge Cup, Knockout Stage, Final
The first legs will be played on  4 October 2019, and the second legs will be played on 12 October 2019


2019 Malaysia Challenge Cup, Knockout Stage, Final
1−1 on aggregate. Johor Darul Ta'zim II won 6−5 on penalty after extra time.


2019 Malaysia Challenge Cup group stage
The 2019 Malaysia Challenge Cup group stage featured 7 teams. The teams were drawn into one groups of four and another with three teams, and played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top two teams in each group advanced to the semi finals.


2019 Malaysia Challenge Cup group stage
The group stage will start on 5 August 2019 and concludes on 12 September 2019.


2019 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A
The 2019 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A was the inaugural edition of Group A of the 2019–2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League, a cricket tournament which formed part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cup. In July 2019, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that the Malaysia Cricket Association would host the tournament. The series took place between 16 and 26 September 2019, with all the matches having List A status.


2019 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A
On the penultimate day of the tournament, Vanuatu were bowled out for 65 runs against Malaysia. In reply, Vanuatu managed to dismiss Malaysia for 52 runs, recording the lowest team total defended by any side in a List A cricket match.


2019 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A
Canada won the series, after finishing ahead of Singapore on net run rate, with both teams level on points.


2019 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A, Squads
Prior to the series, Inam-ul-Haq and Tamoor Sajjad were ruled out of Qatar's squad due to personal reasons.


2019 Malaysia Cup
The 2019 Malaysia Cup (Malay: Piala Malaysia 2019) was the 93rd edition of Malaysia Cup tournament organised by Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) and Malaysian Football League (MFL).


2019 Malaysia Cup
The 2019 Malaysia Cup began on August with a preliminary round. A total of 16 teams took part in the competition. The teams were divided into four groups, each containing four teams. The group leaders and runners-up teams in the groups after six matches qualified to the quarterfinals.


2019 Malaysia Cup
Perak were the defending champions. They were eliminated by Selangor in the quarter-finals.


2019 Malaysia Cup, Format
In the competition, the top eleven teams from the 2019 Malaysia Super League were joined by the top five teams from the 2019 Malaysia Premier League. The teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.


2019 Malaysia Cup, Round and draw dates
The draw for the 2019 Malaysia Cup will be held on 23 July 2019.


2019 Malaysia Cup, Knockout stage
The first legs was played in September 2019, and the second legs will be played in October 2019.


2019 Malaysia Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
The first legs will be played on 19 October 2019, and the second legs will be played on 26 October 2019.


2019 Malaysia Cup, Statistics, Clean sheets
Players sorted first by clean sheets, then by last name.


2019 Malaysia Cup group stage
The 2019 Malaysia Cup group stage featured 16 teams and will start on 2 August. A total of 16 teams will compete in the group stage to decide the 8 places in the knockout stage of the 2019 Malaysia Cup.


2019 Malaysia Cup group stage, Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 23 July 2019, 12:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the Damansara Performing Arts Centre in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. The 16 teams were drawn into 4 groups. In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the knockout stage.


2019 Malaysia FA Cup
The 2019 Malaysia FA Cup (also known as Shopee Malaysia FA Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 30th season of the Malaysia FA Cup, a knockout competition for Malaysia's state football association and clubs. The winners will be assured a place for the 2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2.


2019 Malaysia FA Cup, Qualified teams
The following teams are qualified for the competition. Reserve teams are excluded.


2019 Malaysia FA Cup, Preliminary
Key: (1) = Liga Super; (2) = Liga Premier; (3) = Liga M3; (4) = Liga M4


2019 Malaysia FA Cup, Preliminary
The draw for the preliminary round was held on 9 February 2019 at 17:00 involving 38 teams from Liga M3 and Liga M4. JBFA and MD Besut received bye into the First Round. Eighteen matches took place from 16 to 17 February 2019.


2019 Malaysia FA Cup, First round
The draw for the first round was held on 18 February 2019 at 14:00 involving JBFA, MD Besut and 18 teams that progressed from preliminary round. Ten matches took place from 2 to 3 March 2019.


2019 Malaysia FA Cup, Second round
The draw for the second round was held on 4 March 2019 at 15:00 involving 12 teams from Liga Super, 9 teams from Liga Premier and 10 teams that progressed from first round. Fourteen matches took place from 2 to 3 April 2019. Postponed match between PDRM and Sarawak will be held on 9 April 2019. Johor Darul Ta'zim received bye into the Third Round.


2019 Malaysia FA Cup, Third round
The draw for the third round was held on 4 April 2019 at 15:00 involving 17 teams (1 byes, 14 won, and 2 that yet to be played on the day of the draw) that progressed from second round. Eight matches took place from 16 to 17 April 2019.


2019 Malaysia FA Cup, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals onward to final was held on 18 April 2019 at 15:00 involving 8 teams that progressed from third round. The first legs were played on 30 April and 1 May, and the second legs were played on 10 and 11 May 2019.


2019 Malaysia FA Cup, Semi-finals
The first legs were played on 22 June, and the second legs were played on 29 and 30 June 2019.


2019 Malaysia FA Cup Final
The 2019 Malaysia FA Cup Final was the 30th final of the Malaysia FA Cup, the Malaysia football cup competition.


2019 Malaysia FA Cup Final, Background
The final was played on 27 July 2019 at Bukit Jalil National Stadium.


2019 Malaysia FA Cup Final, Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.


2019 Malaysia FA Cup Final, Ticket allocation
Each club received an allocation of 80,000 tickets; 30,750 tickets for Perak, 30,750 tickets for Kedah and 18,500 tickets for online purchase.


2019 Malaysia FA Cup Final, Rules
The final are played as a single match. If tied after regulation, extra time and, if necessary, penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner.


2019 Malaysia M3 League
The 2019 Malaysia M3 League is the 1st season of Malaysia M3 League replaced the former FAM League.


2019 Malaysia M3 League, Establishment and format
This season saw a revamp of the competition's format by Football Association of Malaysia (FAM). Announced earlier on 24 November 2018 by FAM deputy president, the format of the new season was outlined in a meeting by FAM's Local Competition Committee and were announced in a media statement on 19 December 2018.


2019 Malaysia M3 League, Establishment and format
The format will be reverted to the straight knock-out tournament (a format used before 2008), as opposed to the league format used since 2008. 64 teams will be competing for the FAM Cup, including 6 teams confirmed earlier to participate in the FAM Cup, and teams promoted to the 2019 Malaysia Premier League. The rest of the teams will include 19 teams nominated by FAM's associate members, and teams from newly created Malaysia M4 League, which selection is subject to methods decided by Malaysia Football League. The champions of 2019 FAM Cup will then compete with the 2019 Premier League last-placed team in a play-off match for a slot to participate  in the 2020 Premier League.


2019 Malaysia M3 League, Establishment and format
Earlier, there is speculation that the league organization might be taken over by Malaysia Football League, organisers for Malaysia Super League and Malaysia Premier League, having been held by FAM since 1951, but this was clarified in the FAM media statement that FAM will cooperate with MFL for the organization of the tournament, with FAM still held major responsibilities and ownership of the tournament and rights of it. MFL will cover the cost of teams participating from the first round up until the quarter-finals, with FAM covering the cost of the teams participating from that point onwards.


2019 Malaysia M3 League, Teams
As of 11 February 2019, 14 teams have confirmed their participation in the 2019 Malaysia M3 League.


2019 Malaysia M3 League, Personnel and sponsoring, Coaching changes
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Malaysia M3 League, Personnel and sponsoring, Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to two each team.


2019 Malaysia M3 League, Personnel and sponsoring, Foreign players
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Malaysia M3 League, Play-offs
The runner-up of M3 League will play one-legged play-off team from the last placed Premier League team for deciding the second team to promote to 2020 Malaysia Premier League.


2019 Malaysia M3 League, Season statistics, Hat-tricks
4 Player scored 4 goals5 Player scored 5 goals(H) – Home team(A) – Away team


2019 Malaysia M4 League
The 2019 Malaysia M4 League (Malay: 2019 Liga M4 Malaysia) is the inaugural season of the League competition since its establishment in 2019. It is in the fourth tier of the Malaysia football league system. The league has several leagues registered under it.


2019 Malaysia M4 League, Klang Valley M4 League
The FA Cup champions will be eligible for play-off qualification.


2019 Malaysia M4 League, Play-off round, First round
The first round will played on 7 and 8 December 2019 at Rhino Kv Arena.


2019 Malaysia Masters
The 2019 Malaysia Masters (officially known as the Perodua Malaysia Masters 2019 presented by Daihatsu for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament that took place at the Axiata Arena in Malaysia from 15 to 20 January 2019 and had a total purse of $350,000.


2019 Malaysia Masters, Tournament
The 2019 Malaysia Masters was the second tournament of the 2019 BWF World Tour and also part of the Malaysia Masters championships, which had been held since 2009. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Association of Malaysia and sanctioned by the BWF.


2019 Malaysia Masters, Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


2019 Malaysia Masters, Tournament, Point distribution
Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 500 event.


2019 Malaysia Masters, Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$350,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2019 Malaysia Open (badminton)
The 2019 Malaysia Open (officially known as the Celcom Axiata Malaysia Open 2019 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at Axiata Arena in Malaysia from 2 to 7 April 2019 and had a total purse of $700,000.


2019 Malaysia Open (badminton), Tournament
The 2019 Malaysia Open was the ninth tournament of the 2019 BWF World Tour and also part of the Malaysia Open championships, which had been held since 1937. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Association of Malaysia with sanction from the BWF.


2019 Malaysia Open (badminton), Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


2019 Malaysia Open (badminton), Tournament, Point distribution
Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 750 event.


2019 Malaysia Open (badminton), Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$700,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2019 Malaysia Premier Futsal League
2019 Malaysia Premier Futsal League was the 1st season of the Malaysia Premier Futsal League after re-branding from the Liga Futsal Kebangsaan. It is the Malaysian professional futsal league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2004. Melaka United are the defending champions.


2019 Malaysia Premier Futsal League, Teams
For 2019 season, a total of nine clubs compete in league.


2019 Malaysia Premier League
The 2019 Malaysia Premier League is the 16th season of the Malaysia Premier League, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia since its establishment in 2004.


2019 Malaysia Premier League, Team changes
A total of 12 teams contested the league, including 8 sides from the 2018 season, 2 relegated from the 2018 Malaysia Super League and 2 promoted from the 2018 Malaysia FAM League.


2019 Malaysia Premier League, Disqualification of Perlis Northern Lions F.C.
Earlier, Perlis Northern Lions F.C. together with six teams which are involved with debts are being instructed to submit financial documents before 18 February 2019. After the board of Malaysian Football League (MFL) examine in detail  the document from Perlis Northern Lions F.C., it was concluded that Perlis Northern Lions F.C. 's revenue sources including sponsorships are insufficient to manage the teams in the Malaysian League this season. MFL had made the decision to revoke Perlis Northern Lions F.C. involvement in 2019 Malaysia Premier League starting from 20 February.


2019 Malaysia Premier League, Personnel and sponsoring
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Malaysia Premier League, Coaching changes
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Malaysia Premier League, Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to four each team including at least one player from the AFC country.


2019 Malaysia Premier League, Foreign players
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Malaysia Premier League, Results, Qualification to 2019 Malaysia Cup and Malaysia Challenge Cup
Based on the previous season, 5 teams from Malaysia Premier League will qualify into Malaysia Cup. Due to JDT II and Terengganu II status as feeder team, they cannot qualify into Malaysia Cup and will compete in Malaysia Challenge Cup. For the result, top 7 in the league besides these two teams will qualify, as JDT II and Terengganu II will finish in top 5.


2019 Malaysia Premier League, Results, Qualification to 2019 Malaysia Cup and Malaysia Challenge Cup
Sabah FA became the first team to qualify to Malaysia Cup after Selangor United lost 2–3 to PDRM FA on June 26, given both of them 13 points difference with 4 matches remaining for Selangor United. UiTM F.C. followed Sabah to Malaysia Cup after Selangor United lost 0–2 to Kelantan FA on July 5 - even they also lost to PDRM FA one day after. On July 9, Negeri Sembilan FA became the third team to qualify after won 3–1 home by JDT II. Following 3–1 win over Kelantan FA, PDRM FA became the fourth team to qualify into Malaysia Cup. Penang FA grabbed the final slot to Malaysia Cup after demolished Sarawak FA 6–3 at home; the highest ever goal scored in this season.


2019 Malaysia Premier League, Results, Qualification to 2019 Malaysia Cup and Malaysia Challenge Cup
Sarawak FA and Kelantan FA confirmed their places to Malaysia Challenge Cup after JDT II and Terengganu II, after PDRM FA won 2-1 by UiTM F.C. - give them 14 points and 10 points difference in 3 matches remaining for both of them respectively. After losing 2–6 to UKM F.C. on Matchday 20, Selangor United qualified into Malaysia Challenge Cup. On July 14, UKM F.C. - the inaugural Malaysia Challenge Cup runner-up, booked the slot into this competition after Penang FA won 6–3 at Bandaraya Stadium.


2019 Malaysia Premier League, Season statistics, Top scorers
1 Aguero played for Selangor United until matchday 12 and scored 2 goals.


2019 Malaysia Premier League, Season statistics, Clean sheets
Players sorted first by clean sheets, then by last name.


2019 Malaysia Super League
The 2019 Malaysia Super League (Malay: Liga Super Malaysia 2019) is the 16th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.


2019 Malaysia Super League
Johor Darul Ta'zim are the current defending champions from the 2018 Malaysia Super League seasons and will qualify for the group stage of 2019 AFC Champions League.


2019 Malaysia Super League
The first transfer window is from 29 November 2018 to 20 February 2019.


2019 Malaysia Super League, Club licensing regulations
Since the 2018 Malaysia Super League season, as part of the privatization effort, every team in the Liga Super Malaysia must have an FAM Club Licence to play in the league or be relegated. To obtain an FAM Club Licence, teams must be financially healthy and meet certain standards of conduct as organisations.


2019 Malaysia Super League, Club licensing regulations
As in other national leagues, there are significant benefits to being in the top division:


2019 Malaysia Super League, Club licensing regulations
Despite several reminders from FAM from the beginning of 2015, however there are few teams failed to get the approval for both AFC and FAM club licenses from First Instance Body (FIB) .


2019 Malaysia Super League, Teams
Kelantan and Negeri Sembilan were relegated to 2019 Malaysia Premier League after finished 11th and bottom place of last season league. FELDA United and MISC-MIFA promoted to 2019 Malaysia Super League after securing place as champions and third-place in 2018 Malaysia Premier League.


2019 Malaysia Super League, Personnel, kit and sponsoring
Match balls supplied by Nike, this season's version is the Merlin. Referee kits are made by Kronos.


2019 Malaysia Super League, Personnel, kit and sponsoring, Coaching changes
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Malaysia Super League, Foreign players
Southeast Asia (SEA) players need to have acquired at least 30 international caps for their senior national team with no period restriction on when caps are earned and those who has less than 30 international caps will be subjected to FMLLP approval.


2019 Malaysia Super League, Foreign players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one FIFA and non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Malaysia Super League, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.


2019 Malaysia Super League, Season statistics, Clean sheets
Players sorted first by clean sheets, then by last name.


2019 Malaysia Tri-Nation Series
The 2019 Malaysia Tri-Nation Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament held in Malaysia.


2019 Malaysia Tri-Nation Series
The series took place from 24 to 29 June 2019. The participating teams were Malaysia, Maldives and Thailand. Papua New Guinea were also included in the original schedule for a quadrangular tournament, but later withdrew. The matches were played at the Kinrara Oval in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia and Thailand both played their first matches with T20I status during this tournament, following the decision of the ICC to grant full Twenty20 International status to all its members from 1 January 2019. Maldives played three 20-over warm up matches against an MCA President XI side from 19 to 21 June 2019.


2019 Malaysia Tri-Nation Series
On the penultimate day, Malaysia secured the title after their last fixture against Maldives finished in a no result. The fixtures were part of Malaysia's preparation for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier tournament in July 2019. Maldives all-rounder Nilantha Cooray was named player of the series.


2019 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2019 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighteenth round of the 2019 MotoGP season. It was held at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang on 3 November 2019.


2019 Maldivian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Maldives on 6 April 2019. The result was a landslide victory for the Maldivian Democratic Party, which won 65 of the 87 seats in the People's Majlis.


2019 Maldivian parliamentary election, Electoral system
The 87 seats in the People's Majlis were elected in single-member constituencies using the first-past-the-post system. Prior to the elections the number of seats was increased from 85 to 87, with two new seats created in Malé; Machangoalhi Central was created by splitting Malé Central, whilst Hulhu-Henveiru was split into two new constituencies, Henveiru West and Hulhumalé.


2019 Maldivian parliamentary election, Campaign
Prior to the elections, talks about forming an opposition alliance were held between the Maldives Democratic Party (MDP), the Jumhooree Party (JP), the Adhaalath Party (AP) and former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, with a proposed agreement that the MDP would contest 40% of constituencies, the JP 25%, Gayoom supporters 20% and the AP 15%. However, the MDP opted to contest the elections alone after rejecting their proposed seat distribution as being too low.


2019 Maldivian parliamentary election, Campaign
In December 2018 the PPM announced the names of 42 candidates for the elections, including 24 incumbent MPs. However, later in the month, former President Abdulla Yameen announced plans to leave the party and join the People's National Congress (PNC) due to a legal dispute over the leadership of the PPM. The PNC had been founded by Fonadhoo MP Abdul Raheem Abdulla with support from Yameen, and was also joined by Faafu Nilandhoo MP Abdulla Khaleel. The PPM and PNC would later announce an alliance for the election. Two other parties, the Maldives Labour and Social Democratic Party and the Maldives Third Way Democrats, were also founded in preparation for the elections.


2019 Maldivian parliamentary election, Campaign
The MDP held primary elections in January 2019, with 279 candidates running to become the party's nominees in 77 seats; in nine seats there was only one potential candidate, whilst there were no candidates for the PPM stronghold of Faafu Nilandhoo. Voting was open to around 86,000 party members, with five incumbent MPs being defeated. Former president Mohamed Nasheed was selected as the Machangoalhi Central candidate.


2019 Maldivian parliamentary election, Results
Initial results suggested that the Maldivian Democratic Party was on course to win at least 59 seats, up to a maximum of 68 seats, in the legislature. Ultimately, the MDP won 65 out of the 87 seats. This was the first time since a democratic government was established in 2008 that a single party had been voted into power without the need for a coalition. It is also the first time a party or coalition had been elected with a two-thirds majority, which would enable the legislature to remove judges from the bench. If any other MPs choose to support the government, the MDP faction will reach a three-fourths majority, and will be able to pass amendments to the Maldivian constitution. Elected MPs take office on 28 May.


2019 Maldivian parliamentary election, Results
Former President Mohammed Nasheed was elected to represent Central Machchangoalhi five months after returning from exile, becoming the first former Maldivian president to be elected to Parliament. Additionally, he is expected to lead the MDP in the legislature.